For nine years, the leading technologists, entrepreneurs, business executives, investors, and policy-makers have come to Supernova for strategic insights on our increasingly interconnected world. Our 2010 event will be hosted on the campus of our partner, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Supernova Forum 2010 will feature:
Insightful sessions on topics such as Networked Business Innovation, Institutional Transformation, Can Social Save Media?, The Evolving Digital Ecosystem, The Privacy Conundrum, and Scaling Startups.
Our interactive and dynamic Challenge Session roundtables.
A special tech policy forum featuring experts and policy-makers from Washington DC.
A stunning collection of Pecha Kucha
lightning talks.
An afternoon unconference, at which our amazing participants will lead discussions.
The forum will bring together a unique group of technology thought leaders with expert academics and influential government officials, plus the networking Supernova is renowned for. Find out why so many attendees call Supernova one of the best conferences they've ever attended.
Supernova is co-hosted by Wharton, ranked the #1 global business school by FT. Faculty like entrepreneurship expert Raffi Amit share insights you won't get elsewhere.
Here's how our graphic recorder, Jonny Goldstein, sees the Supernova Forum 2010 themes. Jonny's live illustrations will enhance the conversations at this year's event.
The world is changing. Shouldn't conferences change too?
Attention is the scarce resource of the Network Age. While other events use the same old formats, we've rethought Supernova from the ground up, redoubling our emphasis on actionable ideas and productive networking. Supernova Forum 2010 will be more condensed, more participatory, and substantially more affordable than prior Supernova events.
Some of the visual notes from the afternoon sessions have been posted to Flickr. Each of these will open a larger-size version at the site. The Flickr photoset is here. The Human Side of Technology – led by @heathr and…
We will be streaming Supernova general sessions today through UStream. You can find the stream, and selected clips from last year’s event, on the Supernova home page.
The Philadelphia Inquirer ran an article earlier this week about the upcoming Supernova Forum 2010. It focused on how companies that are competitors in the marketplace and public policy debates are willing to share the stage and sponsor list at Supernova.…
Take a few minutes and watch this video of Jared Cohen from the US State Department. In it, he discusses how technology’s spread to different countries is important for our diplomatic and economic future. This piece fits in quite well…
At the Personal Democracy Forum I spoke with Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine blogger and associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program at CUNY.
When we talked about the Supernova theme of Peristroika, Jarvis noted “The Internet changes the structures we see,…
During Personal Democracy Forum 2010, David Weinberger talked to Supernovahub’s Howard Greenstein about the theme of Perestroika, the changing of rules at “all levels of the stack except the very technical protocols.” Weinberger noted that rules and assumptions are changing…
Supernova has a long history of bridging the divide between the technology and policy communities. We’ve had numerous government participants and speakers, including leaders from the White House, FCC, Department of Energy, and State Department last year. And we’ve held…
There will be a session at the Supernova Forum on “Evolving Digital Infrastructure: Everything is a Platform.” As often happens, I wasn’t entirely sure what I had in mind when I defined the topic. I just had a sense there…
Brigner, in Weinberger’s summary, “says what he would tell the Broadband Strategy Initiative: Build on our this country’s current success providing access to the Internet. Do no harm (=…
Supernova is organized by Wharton professor Kevin Werbach. Stay up to date by following Kevin on Twitter and on the Werblog.
Comments on prior Supernova events:
"A super way to get immersed in the opportunities and challenges ahead." - Blair Levin, Broadband Plan Director, FCC
"In terms of the useful stuff I learned per speaker, your conference was the best I’ve ever attended." - Mike Nelson, Professor, Georgetown University
"Supernova brings us out of the weeds, and into the real action. Kevin does a great job bringing together the right folks, and right forum, to advance the debate." - Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, Sun Microsystems
Supernova is organized by Wharton professor